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i plan to go to law school toward stopping crime in our military. need this to say because of my discharge i had to pay all -- for all of these degrees on my own. i am here today because i am not alone. my story is common we regularly hiller -- year for help as they are denied opportunities to report, misdiagnosed or been charged with misconduct after reporting the attack. the culture of blaming while failing to punish the perpetrators must end. the crisis is acknowledged estimating 19,000 assaults occur each year in most not report due to fear of retaliation. of those about 10,700 armed men in 8300 are women. with percentages, 56% of estimated victims are men. this is a crisis that the department of defense does not acknowledge. what can we do? first, recognize rape is not just about sex, violence, power, and abuse of authority. general frankland's action to set aside the guilty predicted aggravated sexual assault and is another abuse of authority taken by a commander to have a chilling effect on military judges and juries and inhibiting victims we
i plan to go to law school toward stopping crime in our military. need this to say because of my discharge i had to pay all -- for all of these degrees on my own. i am here today because i am not alone. my story is common we regularly hiller -- year for help as they are denied opportunities to report, misdiagnosed or been charged with misconduct after reporting the attack. the culture of blaming while failing to punish the perpetrators must end. the crisis is acknowledged estimating 19,000...
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of the law actually changed that. as we all know the supreme court decision effectively made this a state option. it didn't take away the eligible to category but it allowed states to not expand and not be penalized for it. and what that means is to become the situation we have is that if you're a low income childless, nondisabled adult which many people with hiv are, particularly men, you are only eligible for what is considered for medicaid coverage in nine states. and 26 h.r. not eligible at all. with the affordable care act is likely affordable care act is likely many more states are going to expand and i'll show you a map in a minute, but this is one of the big points of decisions that states are still making as well as on the benefit package for that expansion population. here's the map of where states are on medicaid -- decisions on medicaid expansion as of last week. this is statements like, executive statements or things that have moved. so it's not set in stone for all the states but as you can see, 27 have
of the law actually changed that. as we all know the supreme court decision effectively made this a state option. it didn't take away the eligible to category but it allowed states to not expand and not be penalized for it. and what that means is to become the situation we have is that if you're a low income childless, nondisabled adult which many people with hiv are, particularly men, you are only eligible for what is considered for medicaid coverage in nine states. and 26 h.r. not eligible at...
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and even 1 240*u f.b.i,000 f.b.d other law enforcement personnel. so, yes, i say to my friend who is not here -- who is leading the filibuster, the senator from kansas -- i hope he comes and shows up -- i hear him. i feel the pain he feels. i feel the pain he feels for a his state. i have a list that i won't bore you with that shows the cuts to my state. it is painful. but how do you solve it? not by amendment after amendment after amendment on a must-pass bill that the house has said, keep it simple or the government shuts down. not that way. but by turning to the democratic budget. where senator murray and the colleagues there have restored those cuts and they won't other ways to cut, better ways to cut, sensible ways to cut. so i call on my friends on the other side of the aisle, if you want to waste 10 hours, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80 hours, it is your call. we will be here. but we are not going to put off the passage of the budget. it is too important. we will be here until it is done, and i yield my time back, and i thank my colleague so much
and even 1 240*u f.b.i,000 f.b.d other law enforcement personnel. so, yes, i say to my friend who is not here -- who is leading the filibuster, the senator from kansas -- i hope he comes and shows up -- i hear him. i feel the pain he feels. i feel the pain he feels for a his state. i have a list that i won't bore you with that shows the cuts to my state. it is painful. but how do you solve it? not by amendment after amendment after amendment on a must-pass bill that the house has said, keep it...
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it's a law that protects sugary drinks from regulations. and states in mississippi sites -- in mississippi cities and counties cannot ban the big gulp which wasn't going to be banned anyway or put any other regulations on food and drink including the listing of calories on menus or banning of plastic toys in kids meals, the fattest state. the republican governor phil bryant there says that it's up to the individuals, not the government to make healthy choices. you may recall a judge last week blocked the new york city mayor michael bloomberg's effort to put restrictions on large sugary drinks. mayor bloomberg called the mississippi bill ridiculous. a fox weather alert. quite a last day of winter it is. packing quite a punch. a mixture of snow and sleet covered roads and made for icy morning commute in massachusetts. closed schools there. upstate new york and connecticut. the storm moving eastward towards new england. things are slowly winding down now in some parts. but the system could bring more snow and heavy winds throughout the night i
it's a law that protects sugary drinks from regulations. and states in mississippi sites -- in mississippi cities and counties cannot ban the big gulp which wasn't going to be banned anyway or put any other regulations on food and drink including the listing of calories on menus or banning of plastic toys in kids meals, the fattest state. the republican governor phil bryant there says that it's up to the individuals, not the government to make healthy choices. you may recall a judge last week...
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she was brought to this has to to meet her father and mother in law. of that moment she would write, had i stepped onto noah's ark, i could not have been more utterly astonished. louisa catherine had a challenge adams.ing over abigail john adams was easy, he took to her right away. she always felt are a comfortable and well liked by him. abigail is more skeptical. perhaps due to john quincy's teasing. he only gave abigail a little bit of information about louisa catherine. he was not forthright in his intentions. it was a surprise that he married louisa catherine so quickly. abigail did not get a chance to know her. she was quite concerned, although she was an american onizen, she had never been american soil. this was not what she intended for her son. through time, she learned to grow and love and understand louisa catherine. through the years, they forged a very strong relationship. louisa catherine describing abigail adams as the planet around which all revolved. louisa catherine and john quincy, unlike john adams, if year-ve at peace field round.
she was brought to this has to to meet her father and mother in law. of that moment she would write, had i stepped onto noah's ark, i could not have been more utterly astonished. louisa catherine had a challenge adams.ing over abigail john adams was easy, he took to her right away. she always felt are a comfortable and well liked by him. abigail is more skeptical. perhaps due to john quincy's teasing. he only gave abigail a little bit of information about louisa catherine. he was not forthright...
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they've eroded the rule of law. and republicans seem to forget of the 11 or 12 million that they say are here -- and i think it's 20 -- two out of every three are democrats, and democrats know that. this is a political agenda on the part of the democrats, and the president came to us and said i'm trying to help you republicans. i'm not buying it. i remember 1986. i know the rule of law's a more important pillar of american exceptionalism than can afford to be sacrificed. i know that ronald reagan said to us the shining city on the hill, and he never told us that was our destiny or destination, he said that's who we are. well, there is a destiny and destination for us. it's even greater than the shining city on the hill. if we're going to build it, it's on a higher altitude and all the pillars of american exceptionalism, not the politically expedient ones, all of them. [applause] so that's what i challenge all of you. join me in restoring the pillars of american exceptionalism. and of those who think that the kind an
they've eroded the rule of law. and republicans seem to forget of the 11 or 12 million that they say are here -- and i think it's 20 -- two out of every three are democrats, and democrats know that. this is a political agenda on the part of the democrats, and the president came to us and said i'm trying to help you republicans. i'm not buying it. i remember 1986. i know the rule of law's a more important pillar of american exceptionalism than can afford to be sacrificed. i know that ronald...
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york's attempt to outlaw those large, sugary drinks, bloomberg wants the nation's first of its kind law requiring retailers to hide their cigarette and tobacco products. >> these laws would protect new yorkers, especially the young and impressionable new yorkers, from pricing discounts and exposure to in-store displays that promote tobacco products -- products whose use is addictive and whose consequences can be deadly. >> let's bring in republican strategist and adviser to speaker john boehner david winston. we're joined by democratic strategist doug thornel former national press secretary for the democratic national campaign committee. good to see both of you. good morning. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> david, what do you think? let's hide cigarettes and sig cars behind the counter maybe? >> look, in terms of cigarettes, obviously they have significant health hazards but, you know, having been someone who's been involved on the hill and involved with the speaker one of the most precious things you have is time. i have to say he could be doing other things i think would probably
york's attempt to outlaw those large, sugary drinks, bloomberg wants the nation's first of its kind law requiring retailers to hide their cigarette and tobacco products. >> these laws would protect new yorkers, especially the young and impressionable new yorkers, from pricing discounts and exposure to in-store displays that promote tobacco products -- products whose use is addictive and whose consequences can be deadly. >> let's bring in republican strategist and adviser to speaker...
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rule of law, repeated election. not just one election. and i think we need to focus more on that and building the fabric of democracy in the region and less on feeling as though we need endorse whoever wins an election. and finally, look, i think we need to be prepared to judged on the action and not just on the words. going and giving another high profile speech is not going to cut it. people want to see action, especially because there's a view that the 2009 speech wasn't really carried out. it didn't translate to policy. the places we'll be most judged on the action is syrian and iran. i think in syria, look, we need to stake out a strategy and put resources behind it, build a coalition around it. i think it's damaging the idea the united states is passive or unable to accomplish the objective when people see syria in a sense most urgent and national security priority for the united states and allies been it comes to iran i think we need reconcile the conflicting messages we often send to iran. the military option is on the table. we t
rule of law, repeated election. not just one election. and i think we need to focus more on that and building the fabric of democracy in the region and less on feeling as though we need endorse whoever wins an election. and finally, look, i think we need to be prepared to judged on the action and not just on the words. going and giving another high profile speech is not going to cut it. people want to see action, especially because there's a view that the 2009 speech wasn't really carried out....
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that's what the law says. we think that that's a better approach than handing everything over to insurance companies and the republican plan to give seniors a voucher premium support, i don't care what you call it. it's bad news, because seniors will be getting this thing, but the value of that thing doesn't keep up with the rising health care costs. the chairman mentioned prescription drug part d. it came in under projected costs. one reason was, you had more generic drugs on the entire market, not just the medicare market. but the other major reason was, guess what? 25% fewer people enrolled in part d. you had fewer partnership panels and it cost less, 25%. now it is simply wrong to say that the republican voucher plan for medicare is like part d prescription drug or like the federal employee health benefit plan, which we have referred to many times before, because the difference is, and it goes to the core of this issue, both those plans, part d and the federal employee health benefit plan have provisions t
that's what the law says. we think that that's a better approach than handing everything over to insurance companies and the republican plan to give seniors a voucher premium support, i don't care what you call it. it's bad news, because seniors will be getting this thing, but the value of that thing doesn't keep up with the rising health care costs. the chairman mentioned prescription drug part d. it came in under projected costs. one reason was, you had more generic drugs on the entire...
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do not know about the law. that is true for our communities that have been disassociated from the health care system were disenfranchised from it. we are here to recruit. work will happen at the state levels. that is where the decisions are being made. >> what are the differences between the states? >> and the states running their own exchange, you are dealing with the state government. new york has just put out the proposals for navigators. the advocates will work with the state consumer advocates and lgbt community groups. they are learning and making decisions about getting pieces of the navigator will resources. at the federal level -- the decisions are to stay there. will be doing either a partnership or have a federal ly facilitated exchange. advocates in those communities are going to have to do a two- step process. come together with the state advocacy community because people are planning to say what is our state need. they need to communicate with and makeal government the connections. that will be a
do not know about the law. that is true for our communities that have been disassociated from the health care system were disenfranchised from it. we are here to recruit. work will happen at the state levels. that is where the decisions are being made. >> what are the differences between the states? >> and the states running their own exchange, you are dealing with the state government. new york has just put out the proposals for navigators. the advocates will work with the state...
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budget. >> on the sequester, it seems that for all intents and purposes that will continue to be the law of the land. we're going to pass a government funding bill out of congress. hopefully by the end of this week to avert a government shutdown on march 27th. you mentioned on the conference call two days ago that there really, or yesterday, rather, there's probably no, there's nothing to avert the sequester or replace it, unless there's a large-scale agreement put in place by perhaps the president and speaker boehner by august. is that the truth? should americans really feel that the sequester is here to stay? at least through the rest of this fiscal year? >> well, yeah, there two questions there. unfortunately, it looks like it's here to stay, at least for the coming weeks. and the issue will be, whether sometime between now and august, we can put together a budget agreement that will replace the sequester going forward. because the sequester right now is putting the brakes on economic growth. it will slow down economic growth this year by a full one-third. and we just cannot afford to
budget. >> on the sequester, it seems that for all intents and purposes that will continue to be the law of the land. we're going to pass a government funding bill out of congress. hopefully by the end of this week to avert a government shutdown on march 27th. you mentioned on the conference call two days ago that there really, or yesterday, rather, there's probably no, there's nothing to avert the sequester or replace it, unless there's a large-scale agreement put in place by perhaps the...
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for four years this house was led by democrats, and you can see the laws that they have passed and the amazing amount of spending that it would place upon our country. we don't even show in here individually where social security is that will go bankrupt. medicare, bankrupt. medicaid, insolvent. our inability to be able to pay or our future by creating jobs today. the free enterprise system is exactly what republicans support and believe in because that is the american dream. not government spending and government jobs. but rather a vibrant free enterprise system whereby there are employers who want to hire people to become employees to have careers, to then make this country better and stronger. the way you do that is by lowering government spending. by having a public-private partnership not by having the federal government be responsible for everything from a one-size-fits all health care industry to government control of every part of our lives. yesterday paul ryan very effectively, i believe, came before the house rules committee nd talked about a vision forward. what's very inter
for four years this house was led by democrats, and you can see the laws that they have passed and the amazing amount of spending that it would place upon our country. we don't even show in here individually where social security is that will go bankrupt. medicare, bankrupt. medicaid, insolvent. our inability to be able to pay or our future by creating jobs today. the free enterprise system is exactly what republicans support and believe in because that is the american dream. not government...
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but the budget is here by virtue of a law that was passed. there are 50 hours permitted for debate on the budget and then we can have a lot of amendments after all debate time is over. so the republicans said let's do the budget debate, and we say let us do it. why should we sit around here and look at each other and do nothing? my friend, the chairman of the -- i'm sorry, the ranking member of the budget committee, the junior senator from alabama, said let's do it after easter. madam president, we're going to do this. we are going to do this before we go home for easter. if they want to use the whole 60 hours, we'll start the debate on the budget sometime thursday morning. and we'll have 50 hours and a lot of votes. if that's what they want to do, we can do that. but why put the senate through that? why put the senate through wasting 60 hours? so, madam president, i want to make clear to all senators that we're going to continue working on this, the c.r. and the budget resolution until we complete them. when we come back, we've got lots of s
but the budget is here by virtue of a law that was passed. there are 50 hours permitted for debate on the budget and then we can have a lot of amendments after all debate time is over. so the republicans said let's do the budget debate, and we say let us do it. why should we sit around here and look at each other and do nothing? my friend, the chairman of the -- i'm sorry, the ranking member of the budget committee, the junior senator from alabama, said let's do it after easter. madam...